How to Say ‘About forty bearers’ in Spain Spanish
Unos cuarenta costaleros
OO-nohs kwah-REN-tah kohs-tah-LEH-rohs
[OO-nohs kwah-REN-tah kohs-tah-LEH-rohs]
💬 Usage Tip: unos before a number means "about". For example, unos veinte minutos "about twenty minutes".
Phrase Breakdown
Unos cuarenta
OO-nohs kwah-REN-tah
About forty
Before a number, 'unos' means 'about' or 'roughly'. Say 'U-nos cua-REN-ta'.
Tengo unos cuarenta euros.
I have about forty euros.
Words in this phrase
Unos
[OO-nohs]
about; some
Masculine plural indefinite article; before numbers it means 'approximately'.
Hay unos veinte coches.
There are about twenty cars.
cuarenta
[kwah-REN-tah]
forty
The number 40.
Mi padre tiene cuarenta años.
My father is forty years old.
costaleros
[kohs-tah-LEH-rohs]
float bearers
Men who carry the float on their necks and shoulders, hidden underneath.
Los costaleros están cansados.
The bearers are tired.
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